Taking 10 years to compose a first album

[Plendakor]

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[Terminus]

There are 3 songs that will be on my next album project that I originally wrote in 2001.

 

[indecizo]

At least I can say that I'll fill that motherfucking 80 mins CD lenght limit without losing a single minute.
But I take a look at the first compo and it was composed at the end of 2004. What the fuck did I do ?

I guess I'll present the album like some aged whisky. I just turned 29 and I started working on that when I was 20. The tunes each have a story, and you see things differantly (OR NOT) as you get older.

Any of you have some kind of a similar experience with time ?
You compose a song just to record it years later and add the perfect missing molody or whatnot.
[...] When I was young, I had that Disney book. Goofy was racing against Donald Duck and would always say "Slowly but surely..."

Muhammed Suicmez?

 

[ATLA]

if the your happy with the material then it doesnt matter how long it took. your not under serious label pressure or fanbase pressure right?

 

[tomas_almeida]

I sometimes still use ideas I wrote when I was 15...

 

[He's Dead, Jim]

Muhammed Suicmez?

lololololol

 

[AD Chaos]

Taking 10 years to compose a first album

You're a fast cat in my book. Sadly for me, that is.

 

[ArnaudM]

That's the story of my life... Well, as a friend told me, you can't hurry genius

 

[schwinginbatman]

At one point, I had 8 albums worth of material written. Threw nearly all of it out last year to start anew.

 

[Nimvi]

Hell, you got me.

Working on other people's stuff is so much easier than working on your own...

Right now I'm in the process of finishing up a debut that I must have been working on (with one of my closest friends) since I've started playing guitar. Pretty much just waiting for cover art and some technical details to be wrapped up and it's finally over.

Technically, I don't regret taking that long, because like you said, you learn a LOT in the process of creating something by yourself from scratch.
For me it was the initial reason why I have gotten into audio production, which has changed my life drastically. So in a way, it's great.
And I also still think that the stuff I would have put out if I had released it all that time ago would have been subpar.

But still... after a couple of years, it starts to eat at you. It feels like you are not fulfilling your calling. At least that's how I experience it. Wasted potential.

But I do feel a little bit better now that I've read that I haven't been the only one suffering through this. And also...by now I've built up a pool of nice riffs and have acquired the necessary experience to see such a thing through from start to end. Following albums should be FAR less consuming; both timewise and emotionally.

I wish everyone in this predicament good luck and the power to be resolute.